September 11, 2005: A win in Belgium for Kimi Raikkonen kept his slim championship hopes alive while Fernando Alonso continued to make heavy weather of winning the crown by finishing second. He retained his championship lead but the margin over Raikkonen was reduced.

September 4, 2005: After a recent run of success, speed and reliability, Kimi Raikkonen went to Monza with high hopes. Instead it was Juan Pablo Montoya who won for the second time in 2005, with Raikkonen again suffering an engine change and a grid drop to 11th

July 10, 2005: Juan Pablo Montoya took a first win of the season in the British Grand Prix to slow Fernando Alonso's advance towards the title on a weekend when Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren needed another engine change and started form 12th on the grid

July 3, 2005: After the shameful United States Grand Prix, it was good to see a full grid roar past at the end of lap one. It was headed by Fernando Alonso and his Renault would be ahead when the flag fell on lap 70

May 29, 2005: Had the European Grand Prix been 58 laps of the Nurburgring, Kimi Raikkonen would have been a winner for McLaren. Instead, starting the 59th and last lap, the front suspension failed and Raikkonen was pitched off the road at over 170 mph - handing victory to Fernando Alonso